Leaders in governments worldwide are usingcloud technologies with impressive results.

StrategicReinvention

Efficiency

Citizen-centric Services

Benefits for Governments of all sizes:

Improve the range, efficiency and rapid development of citizen services

Accelerated provisioning of resources without scale limitations means more resources when you need them – and less when you don’t

Ensure continuity of operations with flexible, secure and reliable architectures that withstand cyber-threats

• Rapidly respond and adapt to the needs of citizens• Speed deployment of new apps

Security

IDC predicts that mashups of the four technology pillars – cloud, mobile, social and big data – will begin to significantly transform key government services

in 2014 and beyond.*

IBM is helping governments around the world grow their economies with Cloud.

Cloud is the growth engine for economies.

Strategize how to use cloud to drive revenue growth and efficiencies.

Build and run your private or dynamic hybrid cloud.

Utilize cloud services delivered from IBM Cloud.

Build it. Tap into it.Think it.

Here are some good examples

liberate funding

new services.

A provincial government in Spain teamed with IBM to increase the quality of current citizen services, as well as introduce new needed services, without associated increased costs – allowing funds to be invested in other areas to benefit citizens.

Spain

Security-rich & highly available

• Better manage compliance requirements for government services• Improve data security and disaster recovery capabilities

Improvedefficiency

Big Data &Open Data

Cloud

Mobility &Resilience

Ecosystems & Collaboration

• Reduce demands on constrained human resources• Eliminate functional “silos” • Share common services between departments and agencies

Costoptimized

• Adapt to changes in conditions with dynamic Cloud architectures and service composition• Scale capacity quickly to satisfy peaks in demand

IBM Cloud is helping governments

for direct savings or re-allocation to

public infrastructure

economic growth

The city of Wuxi worked with IBM to create a cloud computing center at the Wuxi New District iPark, providing low-cost access to enterprise applications and market analytics tools for small companies in the iPark.

Wuxi City, China Some governments offer cloud as

part of the

supporting research, innovation, entrepreneurship and

Source: “IDC Government Insights Releases Top 10 Market Predictions for 2014.” Business Wire. December 5, 2013. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131205006261/en/IDC-Government-Insights-Releases-Top-10-Market#.UvP-yBAd4Z8

Looking for more efficient ways to provide services? Things are looking up.

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